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Austin, TX
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Big news! This account is now an archive — we've moved! 🎉 Follow us on IG and LinkedIn for everything UT History going forward. #uthistory
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My new book is available for preorder. bit.ly/Joseph_FreedomSeason @VanLathan @csrdut @Gilder_Lehrman @HenryLouisGates @AliVelshi @RFKHumanRights @NYHistory @ransomcenter @UT_HistDept @TheLBJSchool @LBJLibrary
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🌟 Celebrate research excellence! 🌟
Join us from 4 to 5 p.m. April 7 at Hogg Auditorium to honor the @UTAustin researchers who are changing the world.
🎓 Honorees at the 2025 Celebration of Research include:
David Allen (@TexasChE, @CockrellSchool)
Sharon Vaughn (@UTexasCOE, @MCPER_EDU)
Sumit Guha (@UT_HistDept, @LiberalArtsUT)
Lisa B. Thompson (@uttad, @BlackStudiesUT)
Vagheesh Narasimhan (@texas_IB, @TexasScience)
📅 RSVP now: bit.ly/4hNEHfY
#UTResearch #ResearchExcellence #UTAustin #TexasResearch #WhatStartsHere #ItStartsWithResearch
🗓️ Join us Wed. April 16 at 5:30pm in RLP 0.128 for The Littlefield Lecture Series! Pulitzer-prize winning historian W. Caleb McDaniel will deliver this year's distinguished talk. Free & open to the public! Full details at: bit.ly/3QZpIVo!
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The @UT_HistDept Littlefield Lecture Series is honored to welcome @PulitzerPrizes-winning historian W. Caleb McDaniel (@RiceUniversity) to @UTAustin this month!
Dr. McDaniel is the author of Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America.
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3/ Dr. McDaniel’s research centers on the 19th-century U.S., the Civil War Era, and the ongoing struggle over slavery and justice. He also co-chairs @RiceUniversity’s Task Force on Slavery, Segregation, and Racial Injustice: taskforce.rice.edu/
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🗓️ Join us Wednesday, April 16
🕠 5:30pm
📍 RLP 0.128, UT Austin
🔗 bit.ly/3QZpIVo
Free & open to the public!
We hope to see you there for this important and timely lecture. #HistoryMatters #UTHistory
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In dark times individuals can still promote hope and justice. We can be happy warriors. Our podcast discusses the enduring example of Hubert Humphrey. With @SamuelGFreedman.
@TheLBJSchool @UT_HistDept @columbiajourn @UTJewishStudies
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Next Thursday, @ClementsCenter presents & #uthistory co-sponsors Paul M. Sparrow (former director, FDR Library), speaking on his book, 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢, in Patton Hall (RLP 1.302B) at 12:15 pm!
Hot off the press, ICYMI! "POTUS vs. The Press: Who decides what the public needs to know?" is available for viewing online now at: youtube.com/live/YP9XXFcu2Ns.
Today at 3pm CST! Dr. @JeremiSuri joins a panel discussion exploring how competing narratives from politicians and the press can shape the public's understanding of the politics and policy. Read more and reserve your spot at bit.ly/47vpfl7!
Today at 3pm CST! Dr. @JeremiSuri joins a panel discussion exploring how competing narratives from politicians and the press can shape the public's understanding of the politics and policy. Read more and reserve your spot at bit.ly/47vpfl7!
Please join my live PBS discussion today at 3pm CST on "POTUS v the Press."
@AmExperiencePBS @POTUS @UT_HistDept @TheLBJSchool @UTAustin
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To celebrate the launch of our Oral History Project Study Guides, join us for a free online workshop with Ron Bechet, Willie Birch, and Folayemi Wilson. They will lead us in an interactive activity mixing art with jazz.
RSVP: bombmagazine.org/events/oral…
⬇️Exciting new work by Dr. @EyalWeinberg '19 (Asst Prof of History @FloridaAtlantic bit.ly/3MJvU1B)! Eyal's awardwinning dissertation "Tending to the Body Politic: Doctors, Military Repression & Transitional Justice in Brazil, 1961-88" was supervised by Dr. Seth Garfield
IHS Alum Dr. @EyalWeinberg @FloridaAtlantic has guest edited a special issue of Estudios Interdisciplinarios de América Latina AND published an article in the @ILWCHJournal @CambridgeCore! Read more at: bit.ly/4dowEFF. Congrats, Eyal!
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IHS Fellow Alumna Prof. Michelle T. King's latest bk "Chop Fry Watch Learn" bit.ly/4gq6inW was selected a @nytimes Editors' Choice & @amazon Best Bk of the Month! Check out her recent @KCRWGoodFood @KCRW pod at bit.ly/4d2TG3s. Read more: bit.ly/3MGw89w.
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IHS Alum William Max Nelson '10-11 has published "Enlightenment Biopolitics," (bit.ly/4em5z5C), a wide-ranging history tracing the birth of biopolitics in Enlightenment thought & its aftermath. Prof. Nelson began work on the mss right here at IHS. bit.ly/3B5a1ar
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We’re saying farewell to our Director Dr. Mark Lawrence as he returns to @UTAustin as Chair of the @UT_HistDept.
His leadership at the #LBJLibrary will be missed, and we’re grateful for all he’s done and the lasting impact he’s made. Wishing him the very best in his new role!
Welcome back to campus, UT Historians! On our #FirstClassDay of the new year we're delighted to share that History Prof. Mark Atwood Lawrence bit.ly/4dFXrwI has been selected the new Chair of #UTHistory, following his successful tenure as Director of the @lbjlibrary. 1/2
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We’re excited to announce a new series, NEP's Archive Chronicles, curated by Associate Editor @camilaordoricab. This series will explore global archives as affective, historical spaces, offering practical insights for research. More here: notevenpast.org/neps-archive…
👀#UThistory is hiring!👀 Learn more, apply, & share widely!
*Asst Prof, Atlantic Slavery/African Diaspora, U.S. pre-1865: apply.interfolio.com/153334
*Asst Prof, History of Modern South Asia: apply.interfolio.com/153310
*Prof / Assoc Prof, British Empire: apply.interfolio.com/151401
On Sep. 11 @ut_histdept Prof. @JeremiSuri will provide a Congressional Briefing organized by @AHAhistorians on the history of US military alliances. #uthistory alumna Prof. @RenataNKeller presents as well. Historical Perspectives on US Military Alliances: bit.ly/3XeYNYf.
